Did this just for fun took about an hour with some tweaking of Thom, getting decal, and setting up simple animation using actions swagger and salute
Thom_aye.mov
aye.zip
quick parrot added for Matt
Thom_aye_p.mov
Tinkered with photoshop then tried if 17f
decaltrial.mov
decal.zip
changed image repeat settings on cookie cutter and displacement decal while rotating sphere
Somebody might find this useful